Mobile (cell) phone technology has been accelerating at a rate of knots every since the first one hit the markets. Many people can still remember the phones that resembled large bricks and yet only had screens the size of a stamp.Modern phones though do a whole lot more than they used to. You can download videos to watch on your phone, get real-time news fed into it and even use it as a satellite navigation device.The advancement of the mobile phone shows no signs of slowing down either, and those in the know have suggested that before long, there wont be any room in the market for stand-alone gadgets.

Richard Kane, technology researcher at the University of Bath recently gave his opinion on how mobile phones will advance. “ I predict that very soon all the requirements of the modern way of life will be served by phones…technology is getting smaller thanks to things like mini Deutsch connectors and people are becoming ever more mobile, so it make sense that people want to carry their life in their pocket”.

Modern phones have highly-functional MP3 players built in, and you can now store more songs than you could possible ever listen to. Camera technology in phones is advancing at an alarming rate also, with some of the best phones offering up to 10 mega pixels and some even now provide optical zoom. Internet browsing has been made very easy on the latest phones, and many websites have started creating ‘phone-friendly’ versions of their sites in response to the growth in phone browsing.

Some critics have suggested that people will not want to give up the luxury of having large viewing screens like they do on their PCs, or TVs. However, Nokia have recently released a phone with an incorporated projector built in that can provide a screen size of up to 50 inches. It seems like it’s out with home entertainment units and cable ties, and in with nana processers and micro fan accessories, powering some of the most power bits of kit the world has ever seen.

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